Board of Directors

Meet the WCS Board Members for 2016/17. Our Board guides the strategic direction and welcomes comments, complaints and suggestions about the services we provide.

Jennifer Bennett

Chairperson

Member since 2015. Chairperson since 2016. Jennifer is a management consultant with over 19 years of experience working in Australia and the UK with top tier consulting firms including Deloitte, KPMG, Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young. She has worked across the private and public sectors in business and IT consulting organisations in Australia and the UK. Her experience has spanned transformational and
performance improvement programs, including customer service design, shared services and outsourcing, and she has designed
and implemented programs for greater public sector efficiency, effectiveness and accountability.

Lora Shaw

Deputy Chairperson

Deputy Chairperson since 2015. Lora is a corporate and commercial lawyer with 15 years’ experience advising on mergers and acquisitions, major infrastructure and ICT projects, commercial contracts and government services. She also advises private and public companies, government and NFPs on corporate governance issues, with a particular focus on information governance (data protection, privacy, intellectual property and ICT). Lora was listed in the 'Best Lawyers in Australia' 2014 list for Government Practice, and in the 2015 list for Information Technology Law and Privacy and Data Security Law.

Brett Streatfeild

Treasurer

Treasurer since 2016. Brett is a management consultant with over 30 years’ experience in the public and private sectors in Financial Management, Human Resource Management and Corporate Services delivery, he brings a wealth of knowledge and contemporary experience. Brett’s consulting experience has been predominantly in the Public Sector arena across both Financial and Human Resource competencies, and has drawn him to a number of critical reform programmes across Government.

Bhavana Kaul

Member

Member since 2012. Bhavana holds a Master’s in Developmental Psychology. Having worked as a behavioural Child Psychologist for many years she
recognises the importance of the role of non-government agencies in the family and the community. She has worked across government and, as a consultant, across the not-for-profit sector with organisations like the Ford Foundation. Currently she holds the position of Director in a federal agency. Her expertise includes social policy and strategy development, brokering partnerships in the delivery of key social policies and integrated community development and innovation.

Michael Miller

Member

Member since 2016. Michael is an owner of MLC Advice Canberra, a local financial planning firm. He also runs a specialist practice in governance and dispute resolution. Michael has experience as a non-executive director of Diabetes ACT, Care Financial Counselling and as an advisory board member for the University of Canberra Foundation. His qualifications include a Bachelor of Commerce, Master of Business, and mediation certificate.

Glenn Powell

Member

Member since 2016. Glenn is a technology consultant with 25 years’experience working in the private and public sectors. He has worked in General
Management roles spanning Sales, Finance, Human Resources and Programme Management in industries as diverse as professional services, construction,logistics and power generation.

Carolyn Harkness

Member

As an experienced Early Childhood Lecturer, Teacher and Advocate, Carolyn sees an incredible value in fostering and nurturing a strong community focus within programs and services that support families, young children and those who are vulnerable. Her professional and academic focus lies within early childhood teacher education and creating inclusive and supportive learning environments that champion the voices of children and their families. Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Education, a Master of Education (Early Childhood) and currently working towards a Graduate Diploma in Pastoral Counselling. Currently, Carolyn is a Lecturer and the National Course Coordinator for undergraduate early childhood teacher education programs at the Australian Catholic University.

Sebastian Rosenberg

Member

Dr. Alison Oakleigh

Member

Dr Alison Oakleigh brings a range of skills and experience to the WCS board. These include her 20+ years in study and in work as an Occupational Therapist; a lecturer and teacher into the ANU Crawford School of Policy and Governance and CIT’s Aged Care and Disability Studies courses; and her research into the relationships between community organisations and governments. Alison’s connections to WCS are both current as well as ancient including as a guardian and sister of a long-standing WCS client (currently, as an adult), as an employee (previously, as a teenager) and even as a service user (even more previously, as a toddler). Alison has a particular interest in exploring how people with profound intellectual disability can have meaningful input into organisational governance processes and is grateful to the WCS board and staff for welcoming her sister, Susan, as an occasional observer at board meetings.

Becoming a Board Member

Membership of the Woden Community Service Board of Directors is open to residents of or workers in the ACT.

To become a board member, you must be a member of the WCS Association (the right of membership is determined by the Board).

If you're interested in becoming a member of Woden Community Service, please complete an application form.

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Acknowledgement of Country

"Woden Community Service acknowledges the Ngunnawal people as the traditional owners of this land and their continuing connection to land and community. We also acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who have come from other nations to live on Ngunnawal land. We pay our respects to their cultures, ancestors and elders past, present and future."